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 * Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
* Number Of Pages: 191
* Publication Date: 2007-05-01  Descriptions: Living Systems provides a variety of new material technologies for landscape architecture dar. The projects and materials are created in close collaboration of designers, engineers, scientists and environmentalists. Through a combination of theoretical background, practical presentation and technology move on issues such as growth, flow, metabolism, climate and weather phenomena in the center. The presentation links the materials and technologies according to their modes of operation, processes and properties together. Detailed drawings and photos illustrate the design-36 international projects and 23 material samples. The complex systems vertical growth structures, flood prevent
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 * Publisher: Reaktion Books
* Number Of Pages: 288
* Publication Date: 2009-03-15 Description: Set against a backdrop of breathtaking natural beauty, Brazil's striking Modernist architecture has long garnered international acclaim. But these well-known works are not fully reflective of the built environment of Brazil, and in this volume, Richard Williams unearths the surprisingly rich and influential architectural heritage of Brazil. Spanning the period from the 1930s to the present, the book examines the variety of Modernist works in Brazil, including those by renowned architects such as Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa and many others, including Roberto Burle Marx, Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, the Arquitectura Nova group and Paolo Mendes da Rocha, as well as more recent buildings by architects including Jaime Lerner, Joao Filgueiras Lima a
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